Italy-Albania deal โwill workโ regardless of legal challenges, Meloni says
The Italian prime minister said “all European countries supporting us understand” the potential of similar deals in managing migration at EU level.
The Italian prime minister said “all European countries supporting us understand” the potential of similar deals in managing migration at EU level.
With both Moldova and Georgia heading to the polls, concerns are high in Brussels that either of them could slip into Russiaโs orbit.
The 12 remaining migrants in the Albanian repatriation centre must now be returned to Italy.
Sunday’s vote in presidential polls and EU referendum is seen as choice between a European future or a return to Moscowโs sphere of influence.
Zelenskyy is also scheduled to visit NATO headquarters later on Thursday.
A draft statement on political priorities to tackle irregular immigration from EPP countries reveals a likely shift in Polandโs stance.
Join host Giada Santana and senior editor Sarantis Michalopoulos as they dive into the heated discussion on return hubs, bilateral agreements, and the policies that could redefine the future of EU migration.
Some member states are mulling coordinating against Hungary ahead of the summit, or even withdrawing altogether.
The migration discussion has opened again for good in Europe with Germany preparing to step up the number of asylum seekers that it is sending back to first-line countries while Greece is planning to raise the issue at a summit next month.
Brussels is annoyed with Budapest, but Hungary’s leader seems to know exactly how far he can go without drawing real consequences.
While Ursula von der Leyenโs bid for the European Commission presidency may have made it through EU27 leaders’ approval, her next big challenge now will be how to woo key parts of the European Parliament. ย
As leaders convene for the second day of the EU summit in Brussels, the spotlight is on Giorgia Meloniโs latest chess moves.
Georgia’s accession to the bloc has ‘de fact’ been halted after the country’s authorities passed a controversial Russia-style ‘foreign agent’ law, EU leaders warned on Thursday (27 June).
โCompetitiveness, security & defence, and social equality are clear electoral messages for the EUโs programmeโ, said EP President Roberta Metsola to the European Council. Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP
EU leaders on Thursday gave their political approval to a trio of names – Ursula von der Leyen, Antonio Costa, and Kaja Kallas – to lead the EU’s three major institutions over the next five years.
EU leaders arriving in Brussels on Thursday (27 June) made last-ditch efforts to placate Italyโs Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni but gave little indication that they will change the proposed EU top job package, which had been agreed without her. ย . ย
EU leaders are expected to nominate on Thursday (27 June) incumbent European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as part of a top jobs deal, but some lingering resistance is still expected to be part of the negotiations.
The EU should establish a jointly funded ground defence line on Europe’s eastern border, according to a call from Poland and the three Baltic states, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. “Extraordinary measures need to be employed as the EU̵…
EU leaders are gathering in Brussels on Thursday and Friday for the last meeting of this mandate to seal the deal on the distribution of the bloc’s top jobs following the European elections in early June.
Ahead of an EU summit on Thursday (27 June), the European Commission is scrambling to finalise plans that include ‘innovative solutions’ for funding the bloc’s defence industry, with needs assessment awaited to justify a floated โฌ500 billion fund.
EU leaders representing the three main political groups agreed on Tuesday (25 June) on the EU top job package that would put incumbent European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen forward for a second term, Euractiv has learnt.
EU member states approved on Monday (24 June) a decision to use โฌ1.4 billion in revenue from frozen Russian assets to send military support to Ukraine, after finding a legal way to circumvent a Hungarian veto.
Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has been tipped as the EU’s new chief diplomat in the new top jobs package, but her tough stance on Russia remains an obstacle for some. When EU leaders meet later this week (27-28 June)…
As European Union leaders gear up to finalise key appointments at their summit between 27 and 28 June, they will need to strike a delicate balance between competing candidates and pressing priorities.
European Union member state leaders were not able to seal a preliminary deal for a trio of top job positions for the next five years when they met on Monday, despite earlier hopes there could be a swift agreement.
Despite having only two leaders, the Conservatives, represented by Italyโs Giorgia Meloni and Czechiaโs Petr Fiala, they aim to have a bigger say in the EUโs top jobs allocation, after their allied parties have won a large place in the European Parliam…
Today, the heads of state and government of the 27 European Union member states will meet at an informal European Council dinner, and one of the topics on the agenda will be who will take the top jobs in the next Commission.
EU leaders meeting in late June will stress the need for a competitive Europe and highlight how the green transition and a genuine energy union can support that aim, according to a draft document seen by Euractiv.
Euro-skeptic Geert Wilders could be sending his new prime minister to Brussels on his first day at work.
When the leaders of France, Germany and Italy meet informally on Thursday (13 June) on the sidelines of the G7 summit for the first time after the EU elections, they are expected to set the tone for the next weeks…
If ‘Euro English’ has become the unofficial language of the European Union, it is in large part because its building blocks are acronyms, abbreviations, and insider references that have turned communication among politicians, analysts, and lobbyists in…
European Council president conspires to secure next top job and thwart his presidential enemy from getting a second term.
Markus Frischhut, Jean
Monnet Professor (EU law, ethics and values) at Management Center Innsbruck,
Austria and Adjunct professor at โAlma Mater Studiorum – Universitร di Bolognaโ,
Italy
Art credit: William Hogarth, An Election: the Polling
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The European Union will support Lebanon, both financially and politically, until the end of 2027, Enlargement and Neighbourhood Commissioner Olivรฉr Vรกrhelyi said amid calls from the Middle East country for help in returning migrants to their country of…
In this week’s edition: West struggles with time on Ukraine support and Letta’s report on defence and enlargement.
European Council president Charles Michel described EU leaders’ competitiveness summit as โdifficultโ – as calls for harmonising corporate tax rules and centralising the supervision of financial sector firms were scrapped from the final Council conclus…
European Union leaders decided on Wednesday (17 April) to step up sanctions against Iran after Tehran’s missile and drone attack on Israel left world powers scrambling to prevent a wider conflict in the Middle East.
Doubling down on the Single Market ensures Europeโs long-term competitiveness, prosperity and leadership on the global stage, said President Metsola at the Special European Council. Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP
European diplomats have been negotiating โhow much positiveโ a message toward Turkey will be at the EU summit on 17 April as well as if something tangible could be offered to Ankara, Euractiv has learnt.
EU leaders meeting in Brussels will call for the blocโs competitiveness to be boosted primarily by easing regulatory requirements and leveraging the power of private capital, according to the latest draft conclusions of the 17-18 April summit and a sen…
Following Iranโs first-ever direct attack on Israel, EU leaders and diplomats are increasingly looking at how a major escalation in the Middle East conflict can be prevented, including by focusing on neighbouring countries. The wider situation in the M…
In this episode of our โToday in the EUโ podcast, weโre looking into this week’s EU summit and the pressing topics on the agenda.
Welcome to EURACTIVโs Global Europe Brief, your weekly update on the EU from a global perspective. You can subscribe to receive our newsletterย here. Fears are soaring of a major escalation in the Middle East conflict after Iran’s first-ever direc…
EU leaders are expected to stress the importance of making progress in the Cyprus settlement talks, according to draft conclusions, seen by Euractiv, for an EU summit on 17-18 April, amid new calls from Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar for a ‘two-sta…
Welcome to EURACTIVโs Global Europe Brief, your weekly update on the EU from a global perspective. You can subscribe to receive our newsletterย here. As the deadly Moscow attack shatters Vladimir Putinโs security promise to Russians, he’ll likely …
In a breakthrough, EU leaders called on Thursday (21 March) for an “immediate humanitarian pause leading to a sustainable ceasefire” in Gaza and urged Israel not to launch a major ground offensive in the southernmost city of Rafah. “T…
Text approved by all 27 leaders also calls for โthe unconditional release of all hostages and the provision of humanitarian assistance.โ
EU leaders are set to give the political green light to open accession talks with Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday (21 March), but the outcome still hangs in the balance as several member states aim to tie the decision to progress on Ukraine and Mold…
In this episode of our daily podcast Today in the EU, we are looking at EU leaders gathering in Brussels on 21-22 March
As EU leaders face a tough call this week whether to move with the next steps for Ukraine and Moldova or risk a delay until after the EU elections, progress on Bosnia and Herzegovina is expected to complicate matters further.
On this episode of the Today in the EU podcast :As the EU summit on 21 and 22 March looms, farmers take centre stage on the table of the discussions.
EU leaders are next week expected to call for new sanctions targeting Belarus, North Korea, and Iran over their support to Russia’s war efforts in Ukraine as the bloc attempts to further crack down on circumvention by third countries
Negotiators from the Parliament and the Belgian EU presidency on Monday (5 February) night reached a political agreement on the โฌ50 billion Ukraine aid package.
Two years after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, 9 percent of EU aluminum imports still hail from Russia.
EU leaders managed to unanimously agree on the bloc’s financial aid to Ukraine and overcome yet another Hungarian veto threat. Here’s what that deal means going forward.
Several farming groups gathered in the European district of Brussels on Thursday (1 February) to protest against EU agricultural policy, but with very different demands and amid reports of infiltrators causing clashes with police.ย
Minutes after the European Council President Charles Michel announced the agreement for 50 billion euros in Ukraine aid, Euractiv spoke to German MEP Daniel Freund (Greens), who has been among the most outspoken critics of Hungarian Prime Minister Vikt…
Support to Ukraine is ultimately also about our own European security, underlined EP President Roberta Metsola at the Special European Council Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP
While EU leaders will seek on Thursday (1 February) to seal a deal with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn to offer predictable long-term financing to Ukraine, they are ready to go it alone.
Over the past two years, Budapest’s ties with Russia have become the ‘elephant in the room’.
With farmers continuing to block roads and target key infrastructure across Europe, several organisations are planning to further turn up the heat on policymakers and rally outside a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday (1 February).
French President Emmanuel Macron begins a two-day state visit to Sweden on Tuesday (30 January), with the Nordic country on the cusp of becoming a NATO member following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
EU leaders are gearing up to push ahead with a โฌ50 billion support package this week, with or without Hungary. But many in Brussels realise the step could come at a higher cost than money and time.
In a surprise U-turn, European Council President Charles Michel said on Friday (26 January) that he has decided to withdraw his EU elections candidacy and was planning to complete his mandate.
While Brussels has been working to solve the Hungarian blockade since Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn vetoed the EU’s Ukraine aid package in December, the bloc’s officials now have prepared a potential compromise in exchange for dropping his veto.ย
In this weekโs edition: Post-EUCO wrap.
In this episode of EURACTIV’s Beyond the Byline podcast, we look into the crucial discussions at the last European Council summit of 2023, on December 14th and 15th in Brussels. Leaders from the 27 EU member countries are convening to…
The EU’s common budget should not fund Ukraine, Hungaryโs Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn said upon arriving in Brussels for a crucial summit on Thursday (14 December), as EU leaders are scrambling to boost their long-term support for Kyiv.
Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, called on Europe to show leadership on enlargement, support to Ukraine and EUยดs long-term budget at the European Council. Source : ยฉ European Union, 2023 – EP
Brussels is expected to unlock โฌ10 billion in EU funding for Hungary on Wednesday (13 December), on the eve of a decisive summit on support for Ukraine that Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn has threatened to derail. EU leaders will…
Hungaryโs potential veto over financial aid to Ukraine and opening accession talks with Kyiv at the EU summit later this week will be a ‘failure of the entire bloc, not only of one European leader’, Ukraineโs Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna sai…
Outgoingย PMย Mateusz Morawieckiย lost a vote of confidence on Monday.
Most EU governments reject the idea put forward by Spain, arguing Kyiv would not get the money quickly enough.
‘There is no place for it on the agenda of the December EUCO!’ Hungarian PM says.
European Council President Charles Michel arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday (21 November) on yet another reassurance mission by a high-ranking EU official, just three weeks before a decisive end-of-year EU summit over support to Ukraine.
Slovakiaโs support of the European Council conclusions, which included military aid for Ukraine, was met with disapproval from Slovak National Party leader Andrej Danko, who called out Prime Minister Robert Fico for his earlier comments about rejecting…
EU leaders reassured Ukraine on Friday (27 October) of their continued support as they face tough negotiations over the bloc’s budget and an unpredictable war in the Middle East.
SNEAK PEEK โ As EU leaders meet again today, Viktor Orbรกn is still refusing to free more cash for military aid to Kyiv. โ Ammunition: Beyond the pace of production, the next biggest issue is cost. โ In Ukraine, the future of warfare is a $400 drone killing a $2 million tank. Good morning, and [โฆ]
EU leaders on Thursday (26 October) are expected to call for a ‘humanitarian pause’ in fighting between Israel and Hamas, but the bloc remains divided over the exact wording. After days of negotiations, the latest summit draft communiquรฉ ex…
Prime Minister Robert Ficoโs government was formed just in time for him to attend the European Council summit, which will focus on the unfolding situation in the Middle East, on which he refuses to โtolerate plans to raze Gaza to…
SNEAK PEEK โ European leaders meet today to discuss Ukraine, the Middle East and the EUโs long-term budget. โ EU countries account for 11.5 percent of the worldโs military spending. โ Ukraine announces another partnership with a German defense contractor. Good morning, and welcome to Morning Defense. Tips to jposaner@politico.eu, lkayali@politico.eu and clarson@politico.eu or follow [โฆ]
EU leaders on Tuesday (17 October) sought to gloss overย their previously contradictory messaging on the Israel-Hamas war as they met for extraordinary talks on the situation in the Middle East. The extraordinary summit had been called after fears that …
In this weekโs edition: A new Israel-Palestine war, post-Granada hangover, Kenya dispatch and Urpillainen interview.
Can the Europe of 2030 be peaceful, and prosperous and lead the world in sustainability? How to achieve that goal amid multiple crises, is the question EU leaders face at their summit this week, writeย Guillaume Faury, Micael Johansson and…
GRANADA, SPAIN – Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev will not attend EU-brokered talks with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Spain this Thursday, the country’s state media reported on Wednesday (4 October).